Danish and Rumanian Routes to Gran Canaria

18,000 new seats will be available from Cimber Sterling this August flying from Copenhagen and Billund in Denmark to Las Palmas Gran Canaria. The new route will serve the Danish interest in the island as well as offer an alternative departure point for the more established Southern Swedish market close by. The Tourism Minister Roberto Moreno along with the Tourism Department has been building relations with International Tourism sectors to boost the industry and widen access to the Islands from abroad. A further new route from Bucharest was also announced earlier this year broadening the islands client base. The Tourism Minister commented ‘the good news here is double, now that Cimber Sterling (company) not only have began to connect Gran Canaria from the Danish capital and another second Danish airport…but also they are beginning in August, when usually routes begin in October’.

Spainair Increases flights to the Canary Islands

Between July and September Spainair is adding 10 direct routes from Mainland Spain to the Canary Islands. The summer schedule offers 67 domestic routes and over 47,000 flights in general with 27 routes open to the Canaries accounting for 7,000 flights. With it Star Alliance partners it also 20 International routes from Madrid and 19 from Barcelona making it the number one choice to Barcelona. Next summer, Spanair will operate 2 weekly flights from Madrid to Fuerteventura and 3 to South Tenerife. It will also increase from 2 to 4 its direct frequencies to Lanzarote, completing its service from Barcelona to the Canary Islands as it maintains its daily flights to Tenerife and Las Palmas. With this schedule, Spanair will be the only airline serving 5 direct destinations between Barcelona and the archipelago, and the only one flying as well to Fuerteventura and South Tenerife. The 50 weekly flights planned between the Catalan capital and the archipelago set Spanair as the best alternative in this market in flights and seats offered. From the 27th July and until 6th September Spanair will be offering 10 additional direct connections between the mainland and the Canary Islands: - From Seville to Las Palmas, South Tenerife, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. - From Santiago de Compostela to Las Palmas, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. - From Vigo to Las Palmas and South Tenerife. - From Bilbao to Fuerteventura.

Furthermore, Spanair operates code-shared flights from several Spanish cities to amongst other destinations, London, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Vienna, Warsaw, Geneva, Zurich, Oslo, and Philadelphia.

Luxury Flights to Gran Canaria

One of the many flight operators to Gran Canaria has announced a premium seat initiative for their clients. Cadogan Holidays as part of its 60th anniversary is offering a Diamond Class service in conjunction with BMI which gives premium service at check in, a Club Lounge, 32 inch seat pitch, 30kg luggage allowance and complimentary in-flight food and drink. The seats will be available on departures between June and October 2009 from Gatwick.

Flights depart from Gatwick, Manchester, Glasgow, Belfast and Edinburgh to Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote , Cyprus, Crete and Turkey.For more information and bookings, log on to www.cadoganholidays.com

New Flights to Las Palmas

Bristol has always been a popular airport for those flying to Gran Canaria and the collapse of XL Airways could have been a real blow to many who relied on this route to visit their properties. As in most cases of course other airlines have snapped up the route taking advantage of the strong UK demand for this popular destination. Flight only specialist Teleticket have added the route in response to strong demand from many UK holiday makers who rely on the all-year round high temperatures and sunny beaches to thaw their gloomy winters. Jason Wescott, Bristol International Airport's head of sales, told the Bristol Evening Post: "It has been frustrating to hear from travel agents that customers want to fly from Bristol International when booking their holidays but can't because of a lack of availability." The service will start for Easter 2009 a popular time to visit the Island.

Premium Class Flights to Gran Canaria on offer from Cadogan

Cadogan Holidays are offering special ‘Cadogan Class’ seats on their BMI flights from the UK to Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Lanzarote. The up-rated seats offer an improved seat pitch of 32 inches, a 30kg baggage allowance, upgraded in-flight meals including free wine and bar service, as well as access to the executive airport lounge and check in service.

In all six separate flights will offer the seats bookable through agents on routes in December and January.

Low Cost Winter Flights by JET2

The low-cost carrier is offering reduced one-way fares to top destinations such as Lanzarote from £49.99. Other holiday spots included in the offer are Gran Canaria and Tenerife. Flights are available to book now and include taxes and charges.Those looking to escape the typically gloomy British winter can make bookings "right the way through until March 2009". Travellers can make their way from Manchester, Leeds Bradford, Newcastle and Blackpool airports.In an announcement on its official website, the carrier said: "If you like planning ahead and are looking to catch some winter sun then why not head to the Canaries with Jet2.com." For bookings refer to Low cost flights to Fuerteventura